Álvaro Moreno
Board of Directors
Álvaro Moreno
Board of Directors
Álvaro Moreno has over 25 years of experience working for democratic rights and social justice in Canada and the Global South. He arrived in Canada as a refugee in 1985, at which time he held a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering from his home country of El Salvador. Álvaro continued his studies in Canada, and in 1990 obtained a Master of Sciences in Sociology from the University of Alberta.
As an Associate Faculty member with RRU since 2015, Álvaro provides supervisory support to students completing their MA in Global Leadership. He values research and practice that is genuinely participatory, dignifying and respectful; and leads to community action for sustainable social, environmental, and economic change. His strengths are in inclusive planning, community capacity building, and management and evaluation of social change initiatives.
Álvaro has been an active member of the Victoria Coalition for Survivors of Torture since 1993, and he is current the Project Lead for the VCST's Interconnectedness Initiative.